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da Silva G, Ming LJ. Metallo-ROS in Alzheimer's Disease: Oxidation of Neurotransmitters by CuII-β-Amyloid and Neuropathology of the Disease. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2007. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200604421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Zatta P, Frank A. Copper deficiency and neurological disorders in man and animals. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2007; 54:19-33. [PMID: 17270275 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainresrev.2006.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/05/2006] [Revised: 10/16/2006] [Accepted: 10/17/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Copper metabolism in the brain is far from being completely understood and further studies are needed on the role of copper in the CNS, starting with careful measurements, metal and biological speciation of metabolites on the molecular level, and combining copper concentration in different brain areas with morphological as well as biochemical alteration after Cu-depletion/deficiency. So far a pathological role for copper has been clearly demonstrated in some human genetic diseases (e.g., Menkes' and Wilson's diseases), but other pathological features connected with metal depletion are under investigation in several laboratories. The metabolic interaction between copper and other metal ions in some neurological disorders is also discussed in this contribution.
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- Paolo Zatta
- CNR-Institute for Biomedical Technologies, Department of Biology, University of Padova, 35100 Padova, Italy.
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Weissman L, de Souza-Pinto NC, Stevnsner T, Bohr VA. DNA repair, mitochondria, and neurodegeneration. Neuroscience 2007; 145:1318-29. [PMID: 17092652 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.08.061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 124] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2006] [Revised: 08/22/2006] [Accepted: 08/29/2006] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Accumulation of nuclear and mitochondrial DNA damage is thought to be particularly deleterious in post-mitotic cells, which cannot be replaced through cell division. Recent experimental evidence demonstrates the importance of DNA damage responses for neuronal survival. Here, we summarize current literature on DNA damage responses in the mammalian CNS in aging and neurodegeneration. Base excision repair (BER) is the main pathway for the removal of small DNA base modifications, such as alkylation, deamination and oxidation, which are generated as by-products of normal metabolism and accumulate with age in various experimental models. Using neuronal cell cultures, human brain tissue and animal models, we and others have shown an active BER pathway functioning in the brain, both in the mitochondrial and nuclear compartments. Mitochondrial DNA repair may play a more essential role in neuronal cells because these cells depend largely on intact mitochondrial function for energy metabolism. We have characterized several BER enzymes in mammalian mitochondria and have shown that BER activities change with age in mitochondria from different brain regions. Together, the results reviewed here advocate that mitochondrial DNA damage response plays an important role in aging and in the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative diseases.
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- L Weissman
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Aging, IRP, National Institutes of Health, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
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Murray IVJ, Liu L, Komatsu H, Uryu K, Xiao G, Lawson JA, Axelsen PH. Membrane-mediated amyloidogenesis and the promotion of oxidative lipid damage by amyloid beta proteins. J Biol Chem 2007; 282:9335-9345. [PMID: 17255094 PMCID: PMC2253689 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m608589200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Evidence of oxidative stress and the accumulation of fibrillar amyloid beta proteins (Abeta) in senile plaques throughout the cerebral cortex are consistent features in the pathology of Alzheimer disease. To define a mechanistic link between these two processes, various aspects of the relationship between oxidative lipid membrane damage and amyloidogenesis were characterized by chemical and physical techniques. Earlier studies of this relationship demonstrated that oxidatively damaged synthetic lipid membranes promoted amyloidogenesis. The studies reported herein specify that 4-hydroxy-2-nonenal (HNE) is produced in both synthetic lipids and human brain lipid extracts by oxidative lipid damage and that it can account for accelerated amyloidogenesis. Abeta promotes the copper-mediated generation of HNE from polyunsaturated lipids, and in turn, HNE covalently modifies the histidine side chains of Abeta. HNE-modified Abeta have an increased affinity for lipid membranes and an increased tendency to aggregate into amyloid fibrils. Thus, the prooxidant activity of Abeta leads to its own covalent modification and to accelerated amyloidogenesis. These results illustrate how lipid membranes may be involved in templating the pathological misfolding of Abeta, and they suggest a possible chemical mechanism linking oxidative stress with amyloid formation.
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- Ian V J Murray
- Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Center for Neurodegenerative Disease Research, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Proteomics Core Facility, Penn Genomics Institute, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
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- Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104.
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Smith DP, Ciccotosto GD, Tew DJ, Fodero-Tavoletti MT, Johanssen T, Masters CL, Barnham KJ, Cappai R. Concentration Dependent Cu2+Induced Aggregation and Dityrosine Formation of the Alzheimer's Disease Amyloid-β Peptide†. Biochemistry 2007; 46:2881-91. [PMID: 17297919 DOI: 10.1021/bi0620961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) of Alzheimer's diseases (AD) is closely linked to the progressive cognitive decline associated with the disease. Cu2+ ions can induce the de novo aggregation of the Abeta peptide into non-amyloidogenic aggregates and the production of a toxic species. The mechanism by which Cu2+ mediates the change from amyloid material toward Cu2+ induced aggregates is poorly defined. Here we demonstrate that the aggregation state of Abeta1-42 at neutral pH is governed by the Cu2+:peptide molar ratio. By probing amyloid content and total aggregation, we observed a distinct Cu2+ switching effect centered at equimolar Cu2+:peptide ratios. At sub-equimolar Cu2+:peptide molar ratios, Abeta1-42 forms thioflavin-T reactive amyloid; conversely, at supra-equimolar Cu2+:peptide molar ratios, Abeta1-42 forms both small spherical oligomers approximately 10-20 nm in size and large amorphous aggregates. We demonstrate that these insoluble aggregates form spontaneously via a soluble species without the presence of an observable lag phase. In seeding experiments, the Cu2+ induced aggregates were unable to influence fibril formation or convert into fibrillar material. Aged Cu2+ induced aggregates are toxic when compared to Abeta1-42 aged in the absence of Cu2+. Importantly, the formation of dityrosine crosslinked Abeta, by the oxidative modification of the peptide, only occurs at equimolar molar ratios and above. The formation of dityrosine adducts occurs following the initiation of aggregation and hence does not drive the formation of the Cu2+ induced aggregates. These results define the role Cu2+ plays in modulating the aggregation state and toxicity of Abeta1-42.
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- David P Smith
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, 3010, Australia
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Dai XL, Sun YX, Jiang ZF. Attenuated cytotoxicity but enhanced betafibril of a mutant amyloid beta-peptide with a methionine to cysteine substitution. FEBS Lett 2007; 581:1269-74. [PMID: 17349630 DOI: 10.1016/j.febslet.2007.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2007] [Revised: 02/14/2007] [Accepted: 02/14/2007] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta), the major constituent of senile plaques in the Alzheimer's disease (AD) brain, is the main source of oxidative stress leading to neurodegeneration. The methionine residue in this peptide is reported to be responsible for neurotoxicity. Structurally similar substitution with methionine 35 replaced by cysteine in Abeta(40) was synthesized, and this result in enhanced beta-sheet structures according to both circular dichroism (CD) spectra and beta-fibril specific fluorescence assay but attenuated cytotoxicity whether in the presence of copper or not. These findings may provide further evidence on disclosing the connection between amyloid beta-aggregation and Abeta-induced neurotoxicity.
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- Xue-Ling Dai
- College of Life Science, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037, China
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Smith DG, Cappai R, Barnham KJ. The redox chemistry of the Alzheimer's disease amyloid beta peptide. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2007; 1768:1976-90. [PMID: 17433250 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2007.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 449] [Impact Index Per Article: 26.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2006] [Revised: 02/02/2007] [Accepted: 02/05/2007] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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There is a growing body of evidence to support a role for oxidative stress in Alzheimer's disease (AD), with increased levels of lipid peroxidation, DNA and protein oxidation products (HNE, 8-HO-guanidine and protein carbonyls respectively) in AD brains. The brain is a highly oxidative organ consuming 20% of the body's oxygen despite accounting for only 2% of the total body weight. With normal ageing the brain accumulates metals ions such iron (Fe), zinc (Zn) and copper (Cu). Consequently the brain is abundant in antioxidants to control and prevent the detrimental formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated via Fenton chemistry involving redox active metal ion reduction and activation of molecular oxygen. In AD there is an over accumulation of the Amyloid beta peptide (Abeta), this is the result of either an elevated generation from amyloid precursor protein (APP) or inefficient clearance of Abeta from the brain. Abeta can efficiently generate reactive oxygen species in the presence of the transition metals copper and iron in vitro. Under oxidative conditions Abeta will form stable dityrosine cross-linked dimers which are generated from free radical attack on the tyrosine residue at position 10. There are elevated levels of urea and SDS resistant stable linked Abeta oligomers as well as dityrosine cross-linked peptides and proteins in AD brain. Since soluble Abeta levels correlate best with the degree of degeneration [C.A. McLean, R.A. Cherny, F.W. Fraser, S.J. Fuller, M.J. Smith, K. Beyreuther, A.I. Bush, C.L. Masters, Soluble pool of Abeta amyloid as a determinant of severity of neurodegeneration in Alzheimer's disease, Ann. Neurol. 46 (1999) 860-866] we suggest that the toxic Abeta species corresponds to a soluble dityrosine cross-linked oligomer. Current therapeutic strategies using metal chelators such as clioquinol and desferrioxamine have had some success in altering the progression of AD symptoms. Similarly, natural antioxidants curcumin and ginkgo extract have modest but positive effects in slowing AD development. Therefore, drugs that target the oxidative pathways in AD could have genuine therapeutic efficacy.
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- Danielle G Smith
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Dai X, Sun Y, Jiang Z. Protective effects of vitamin E against oxidative damage induced by Abeta1-40Cu(II) complexes. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin (Shanghai) 2007; 39:123-30. [PMID: 17277887 DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7270.2007.00261.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) is considered to be responsible for the formation of senile plaques, which is the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Oxidative stress, manifested by protein oxidation and lipid peroxidation, among other alterations, is a characteristic of AD brain. A growing body of evidence has been presented in support of Abeta(1-40) forming an oligomeric complex that binds copper at a CuZn superoxide dismutase-like binding site. Abeta(1-40)Cu(II) complexes generate neurotoxic hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) from O(2) via Cu(2+) reduction, though the precise reaction mechanism is unclear. The toxicity of Abeta(1-40) or the Abeta(1-40)Cu(II) complexes to cultured primary cortical neurons was partially attenuated when (+)-alpha-tocopherol (vitamin E) as free radical antioxidant was added at a concentration of 100 mM. The data derived from lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release and the formation of H(2)O(2) confirmed the results from the MTT assay. These findings indicate that copper binding to Abeta(1-40) can give rise to greater production of H(2)O(2), which leads to a breakdown in the integrity of the plasma membrane and subsequent neuronal death. Groups treated with vitamin E exhibited much slighter damage, suggesting that vitamin E plays a key role in protecting neuronal cells from dysfunction or death.
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- Xueling Dai
- College of Applied Sciences and Humanities of Beijing Union University, Beijing 100083, China
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Deraeve C, Piti? M, Mazarguil H, Meunier B. Bis-8-hydroxyquinoline ligands as potential anti-Alzheimer agents. NEW J CHEM 2007. [DOI: 10.1039/b616085a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Alimonti A, Ristori G, Giubilei F, Stazi MA, Pino A, Visconti A, Brescianini S, Sepe Monti M, Forte G, Stanzione P, Bocca B, Bomboi G, D'Ippolito C, Annibali V, Salvetti M, Sancesario G. Serum chemical elements and oxidative status in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson disease and multiple sclerosis. Neurotoxicology 2006; 28:450-6. [PMID: 17267042 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuro.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2006] [Revised: 12/04/2006] [Accepted: 12/04/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The role of some chemical elements in neurodegeneration was suggested by various authors. To obtain a profile of chemical elements and oxidative status in complex neurological diseases, an unbiased "omics" approach, i.e., quantification of 26 elements and oxidative stress parameters (serum oxidative status (SOS) and serum anti-oxidant capacity (SAC)), combined with multivariate statistical procedures (forward discriminant analysis, FDA) to analyse the vast amount of data, was applied to four groups of subjects (53 patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), 71 with Parkinson disease (PD), 60 with multiple sclerosis (MS) and 124 healthy individuals). Descriptive statistics revealed numerous differences between each disease and healthy status. A concordant imbalance (reduction in Fe, Zn and SAC, and increase in SOS) was shared by AD, PD and MS. The FDA yielded three significant discriminant functions based on age, SOS, Ca, Fe, Si, Sn, V, Zn and Zr, and identified disease-specific profiles of element imbalances, thus showing the appropriateness of the "omics" approach. It may help assess the contribution of chemical elements and oxidative stress to disease causation and may provide complex predictors of disease evolution or treatment response.
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- Alessandro Alimonti
- Department of the Environment and Primary Prevention, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regine Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy.
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Newman M, Musgrave IF, Musgrave FI, Lardelli M. Alzheimer disease: amyloidogenesis, the presenilins and animal models. Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2006; 1772:285-97. [PMID: 17208417 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2006.12.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2006] [Revised: 11/06/2006] [Accepted: 12/05/2006] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. Neuropathogenesis is proposed to be a result of the accumulation of amyloid beta peptides in the brain together with oxidative stress mechanisms and neuroinflammation. The presenilin proteins are central to the gamma-secretase cleavage of the amyloid prescursor protein (APP), releasing the amyloid beta peptide. Point mutations in the presenilin genes lead to cases of familial Alzheimer's disease by increasing APP cleavage resulting in excess amyloid beta formation. This review discusses the molecular mechanism of Alzheimer's disease with a focus on the presenilin genes. Alternative splicing of transcripts from these genes and how these may function in several disease states is discussed. There is an emphasis on the importance of animal models in elucidating the molecular mechanisms behind the development of Alzheimer's disease and how the zebrafish, Danio rerio, can be used as a model organism for analysis of presenilin function and Alzheimer's disease pathogenesis.
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- M Newman
- Discipline of Genetics, School of Molecular and Biomedical Science, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.
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da Silva GFZ, Ming LJ. Alzheimer's disease related copper(II)- beta-amyloid peptide exhibits phenol monooxygenase and catechol oxidase activities. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2006; 44:5501-4. [PMID: 16052638 DOI: 10.1002/anie.200501013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Giordano F Z da Silva
- Department of Chemistry and Institute for Biomolecular Science, University of South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler Avenue, SCA400, Tampa, FL 33620-5250, USA
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Crouch PJ, Barnham KJ, Duce JA, Blake RE, Masters CL, Trounce IA. Copper-dependent inhibition of cytochrome c oxidase by A?1?42requires reduced methionine at residue 35 of the A? peptide. J Neurochem 2006; 99:226-36. [PMID: 16987248 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.04050.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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By altering key amino acid residues of the Alzheimer's disease-associated amyloid-beta peptide, we investigated the mechanism through which amyloid-beta inhibits cytochrome c oxidase (EC 1.9.3.1). Native amyloid-beta inhibited cytochrome oxidase by up to 65%, and the level of inhibition was determined by the period of amyloid-beta ageing before the cytochrome oxidase assay. Substituting tyrosine-10 with alanine did not affect maximal enzyme inhibition, but the altered peptide required a longer period of ageing. By contrast, oxidizing the sulfur of methionine-35 to a sulfoxide, or substituting methionine-35 with valine, completely abrogated the peptide's inhibitory potential towards cytochrome oxidase. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis revealed that the loss of inhibitory potential towards cytochrome oxidase with the methionine-35-altered peptides did not correlate with a substantially different distribution of amyloid-beta oligomeric species. Although the amyloid-beta-mediated inhibition of cytochrome oxidase was completely dependent on the presence of divalent Cu2+, it was not supported by monovalent Cu+, and experiments with catalase and H2O2 indicated that the mechanism of cytochrome oxidase inhibition does not involve amyloid-beta-mediated H2O2 production. We propose that amyloid-beta-mediated inhibition of cytochrome oxidase is dependent on the peptide's capacity to bind, then reduce Cu2+, and that it may involve the formation of a redox active amyloid-beta-methionine radical.
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- Peter J Crouch
- Centre for Neuroscience, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Raffa DF, Rickard GA, Rauk A. Ab initio modelling of the structure and redox behaviour of copper(I) bound to a His–His model peptide: relevance to the β-amyloid peptide of Alzheimer’s disease. J Biol Inorg Chem 2006; 12:147-64. [PMID: 17013614 DOI: 10.1007/s00775-006-0175-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2006] [Accepted: 09/06/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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A contributing factor to the pathology of Alzheimer's disease is the generation of reactive oxygen species, most probably a consequence of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide coordinating copper ions. Experimental and theoretical results indicate that His13 and His14 are the two most firmly established ligands in the coordination sphere of Cu(II) bound to Abeta. Abeta1-42 is known to reduce Cu(II) to Cu(I). The Abeta-Cu(II) complex has been shown to catalytically generate H(2)O(2) from reducing agents and O(2). Cu(II) in the presence of Abeta has been reported to have a formal reduction potential of +0.72-0.77 V (vs. the standard hydrogen electrode). Quantum chemical calculations using the B3LYP hybrid density functional method with the 6-31G(d) basis set were performed to model the reduction of previously studied Cu(II) complexes representing the His13-His14 portion of Abeta (Raffa et al. in J. Biol. Inorg. Chem. 10:887-902, 2005). The effects of solvation were accommodated using the CPCM method. The most stable complex between Cu(I) and the model compound, 3-(5-imidazolyl)propionylhistamine (1) involves tricoordinated Cu(I) in a distorted-T geometry, with the Npi of both imidazoles as well as the oxygen of the backbone carbonyl bound to copper. This model would be the most likely representation of a Cu(I) binding site for a His-His peptide in aqueous solution. A variety of possible redox processes are discussed.
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- Duilio F Raffa
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4
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Jiang H, Wu YC, Nakamura M, Liang Y, Tanaka Y, Holmes S, Dawson VL, Dawson TM, Ross CA, Smith WW. Parkinson's disease genetic mutations increase cell susceptibility to stress: mutant alpha-synuclein enhances H2O2- and Sin-1-induced cell death. Neurobiol Aging 2006; 28:1709-17. [PMID: 16978743 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2006.07.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2006] [Revised: 07/25/2006] [Accepted: 07/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by selective loss of dopaminergic neurons and the presence of Lewy bodies. Alpha-synuclein is a major component of Lewy bodies in sporadic PD, and genetic alterations in alpha-synuclein cause autosomal-dominant hereditary PD. The pathogenesis of PD remains incompletely understood, but it appears to involve both genetic susceptibility and environmental factors. Here we investigated the effect of alpha-synuclein expression on cell susceptibility to proteasome inhibition, oxidative and nitrative stresses by using a PC 12-Tet-off regulatory system. We found that inducible expression of A30P or A53T mutant alpha-synuclein decreased the proteasome activity, increased intracellular ROS levels, and enhanced lactacystin- and H2O2-induced cell death. Furthermore, 3-nitrotyrosine levels increased in cells expressing alpha-synuclein, and further increased after Sin-1 (a NO donor) treatment compared with untreated or treated non-induced cells. Expression of alpha-synuclein (mutant more than wild type) significantly enhances Sin-1 toxicity. These results indicate that genetic mutations in alpha-synuclein may increase neuronal vulnerability to cellular stress in aging and PD pathogenesis.
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- Haibing Jiang
- Department of Psychiatry, Division of Neurobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
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Dai Q, Borenstein AR, Wu Y, Jackson JC, Larson EB. Fruit and vegetable juices and Alzheimer's disease: the Kame Project. Am J Med 2006; 119:751-9. [PMID: 16945610 PMCID: PMC2266591 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.03.045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 294] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2006] [Revised: 03/22/2006] [Accepted: 03/22/2006] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Growing evidence suggests that oxidative damage caused by the beta-amyloid peptide in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease may be hydrogen peroxide mediated. Many polyphenols, the most abundant dietary antioxidants, possess stronger neuroprotection against hydrogen peroxide than antioxidant vitamins. METHODS We tested whether consumption of fruit and vegetable juices, containing a high concentration of polyphenols, decreases the risk of incident probable Alzheimer's disease in the Kame Project cohort, a population-based prospective study of 1836 Japanese Americans in King County, Washington, who were dementia-free at baseline (1992-1994) and were followed through 2001. RESULTS After adjustment for potential confounders, the hazard ratio for probable Alzheimer's disease was 0.24 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.09-0.61) comparing subjects who drank juices at least 3 times per week with those who drank less often than once per week with a hazard ratio of 0.84 (95% CI, 0.31-2.29) for those drinking juices 1 to 2 times per week (P for trend < .01). This inverse association tended to be more pronounced among those with an apolipoprotein Eepsilon-4 allele and those who were not physically active. Conversely, no association was observed for dietary intake of vitamins E, C, or beta-carotene or tea consumption. CONCLUSIONS Fruit and vegetable juices may play an important role in delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease, particularly among those who are at high risk for the disease. These results may lead to a new avenue of inquiry in the prevention of Alzheimer's disease.
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- Qi Dai
- Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Public Health, Vanderbilt Center for Health Services Research, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, Vanderbilt School of Medicine, Nashville, Tenn, USA.
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Masters CL, Cappai R, Barnham KJ, Villemagne VL. Molecular mechanisms for Alzheimer's disease: implications for neuroimaging and therapeutics. J Neurochem 2006; 97:1700-25. [PMID: 16805778 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2006.03989.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 158] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterised by the gradual onset of dementia. The pathological hallmarks of the disease are beta-amyloid (Abeta) plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, synaptic loss and reactive gliosis. The current therapeutic effort is directed towards developing drugs that reduce Abeta burden or toxicity by inhibiting secretase cleavage, Abeta aggregation, Abeta toxicity, Abeta metal interactions or by promoting Abeta clearance. A number of clinical trials are currently in progress based on these different therapeutic strategies and they should indicate which, if any, of these approaches will be efficacious. Current diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease is made by clinical, neuropsychologic and neuroimaging assessments. Routine structural neuroimaging evaluation with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging is based on non-specific features such as atrophy, a late feature in the progression of the disease, hence the crucial importance of developing new approaches for early and specific recognition at the prodromal stages of Alzheimer's disease. Functional neuroimaging techniques such as functional magnetic resonance imaging, magnetic resonance spectroscopy, positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography, possibly in conjunction with other related Abeta biomarkers in plasma and CSF, could prove to be valuable in the differential diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease, as well as in assessing prognosis. With the advent of new therapeutic strategies there is increasing interest in the development of magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents and positron emission tomography and single photon emission computed tomography radioligands that will permit the assessment of Abeta burden in vivo.
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- Colin L Masters
- Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
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Liu G, Huang W, Moir RD, Vanderburg CR, Lai B, Peng Z, Tanzi RE, Rogers JT, Huang X. Metal exposure and Alzheimer’s pathogenesis. J Struct Biol 2006; 155:45-51. [PMID: 16503166 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2005.12.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/22/2005] [Revised: 12/06/2005] [Accepted: 12/07/2005] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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With the growing aging population in Western countries, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has become a major public health concern. No preventive measure and effective treatment for this burdensome disease is currently available. Genetic, biochemical, and neuropathological data strongly suggest that Abeta amyloidosis, which originates from the amyloidogenic processing of a metalloprotein-amyloid precursor protein (APP), is the key event in AD pathology. However, neurochemical factors that impact upon the age-dependent cerebral Abeta amyloidogenesis are not well recognized. Growing data indicate that cerebral dysregulation of biometals, environmental metal exposure, and oxidative stress contribute to AD pathology. Herein we provided further evidence that both metals (such as Cu) and H(2)O(2) promote formation of neurotoxic Abeta oligomers. Moreover, we first demonstrated that laser capture microdissection coupled with X-ray fluorescence microscopy can be applied to determine elemental profiles (S, Fe, Cu, and Zn) in Abeta amyloid plaques. Clearly the fundamental biochemical mechanisms linking brain biometal metabolism, environmental metal exposure, and AD pathophysiology warrant further investigation. Nevertheless, the study of APP and Abeta metallobiology may identify potential targets for therapeutic intervention and/or provide diagnostic methods for AD.
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- Guijian Liu
- Environmental Science Division, School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by neuronal dysfunction and the formation of amyloid plaques in the brain. Although the pathological processes resulting in the onset and progression of AD are not well understood, there is a growing body of evidence to support a central role for biometals in many critical aspects of the illness. Recent reports have described the exciting development of potential therapeutic agents based on the modulation of metal bioavailability. The metal ligand, clioquinol has demonstrated promising results in animal models and small clinical trials and a new generation of metal ligand-based therapeutics are currently under development. However, further research is necessary to fully understand the complex and interdependent pathways of biometal homeostasis and amyloid metabolism in AD. This information will be vital for the development of safe and effective metal-based pharmaceuticals for the treatment of AD and, potentially, other neurodegenerative disorders.
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- Anthony R White
- The University of Melbourne, Department of Pathology, Victoria 3010, Australia.
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Smith DP, Smith DG, Curtain CC, Boas JF, Pilbrow JR, Ciccotosto GD, Lau TL, Tew DJ, Perez K, Wade JD, Bush AI, Drew SC, Separovic F, Masters CL, Cappai R, Barnham KJ. Copper-mediated Amyloid-β Toxicity Is Associated with an Intermolecular Histidine Bridge. J Biol Chem 2006; 281:15145-54. [PMID: 16595673 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m600417200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 152] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is pivotal to the pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease. Here we report the formation of a toxic Abeta-Cu2+ complex formed via a histidine-bridged dimer, as observed at Cu2+/peptide ratios of >0.6:1 by EPR spectroscopy. The toxicity of the Abeta-Cu2+ complex to cultured primary cortical neurons was attenuated when either the pi -or tau-nitrogen of the imidazole side chains of His were methylated, thereby inhibiting formation of the His bridge. Toxicity did not correlate with the ability to form amyloid or perturb the acyl-chain region of a lipid membrane as measured by diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene anisotropy, but did correlate with lipid peroxidation and dityrosine formation. 31P magic angle spinning solid-state NMR showed that Abeta and Abeta-Cu2+ complexes interacted at the surface of a lipid membrane. These findings indicate that the generation of the Abeta toxic species is modulated by the Cu2+ concentration and the ability to form an intermolecular His bridge.
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- David P Smith
- Department of Pathology, Centre for Neuroscience, and School of Chemistry, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia
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Gaggelli E, Kozlowski H, Valensin D, Valensin G. Copper Homeostasis and Neurodegenerative Disorders (Alzheimer's, Prion, and Parkinson's Diseases and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). Chem Rev 2006; 106:1995-2044. [PMID: 16771441 DOI: 10.1021/cr040410w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1236] [Impact Index Per Article: 68.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Elena Gaggelli
- Department of Chemistry, University of Siena, Via Aldo Moro 2, Siena 53100, Italy
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Zhang J, Liu Q, Chen Q, Liu NQ, Li FL, Lu ZB, Qin C, Zhu H, Huang YY, He W, Zhao BL. Nicotine attenuates beta-amyloid-induced neurotoxicity by regulating metal homeostasis. FASEB J 2006; 20:1212-4. [PMID: 16627626 DOI: 10.1096/fj.05-5214fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Nicotine reduces beta-amyloidosis and has a beneficial effect against Alzheimer's disease (AD), but the underlying mechanism is not clear. The abnormal interactions of beta-amyloid (Abeta) with metal ions such as copper and zinc are implicated in the process of Abeta deposition in AD brains. In the present study, we investigated the effect of nicotine on metal homeostasis in the hippocampus and cortex of APP(V717I) (London mutant form of APP) transgenic mice. A significant reduction in the metal contents of copper and zinc in senile plaques and neuropil is observed after nicotine treatment. The densities of copper and zinc distributions in a subfield of the hippocampus CA1 region are also reduced after nicotine treatment. We further studied the mechanism of nicotine-mediated effect on metal homeostasis by using SH-SY5Y cells overexpressing the Swedish mutant form of human APP (APPsw). Nicotine treatment decreases the intracellular copper concentration and attenuates Abeta-mediated neurotoxicity facilitated by the addition of copper, and these effects are independent of the activation of nicotinic acetylcholine-receptor. These data suggest that the effect of nicotine on reducing beta-amyloidosis is partly mediated by regulating metal homeostasis.
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- Jie Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Institute of Biophysics, Academia Sinica, 15 Datun Rd., Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, Peoples Republic of China
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Opazo C, Luza S, Villemagne VL, Volitakis I, Rowe C, Barnham KJ, Strozyk D, Masters CL, Cherny RA, Bush AI. Radioiodinated clioquinol as a biomarker for beta-amyloid: Zn complexes in Alzheimer's disease. Aging Cell 2006; 5:69-79. [PMID: 16441845 DOI: 10.1111/j.1474-9726.2006.00196.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Neocortical beta-amyloid (Abeta) aggregates in Alzheimer's disease (AD) are enriched in transition metals that mediate assembly. Clioquinol (CQ) targets metal interaction with Abeta and inhibits amyloid pathology in transgenic mice. Here, we investigated the binding properties of radioiodinated CQ ([(125)I]CQ) to different in vitro and in vivo Alzheimer models. We observed saturable binding of [(125)I]CQ to synthetic Abeta precipitated by Zn(2+) (K(d)=0.45 and 1.40 nm for Abeta(1-42) and Abeta(1-40), respectively), which was fully displaced by free Zn(2+), Cu(2+), the chelator DTPA (diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid) and partially by Congo red. Sucrose density gradient of post-mortem AD brain indicated that [(125)I]CQ concentrated in a fraction enriched for both Abeta and Zn, which was modulated by exogenous addition of Zn(2+) or DTPA. APP transgenic (Tg2576) mice injected with [(125)I]CQ exhibited higher brain retention of tracer compared to non-Tg mice. Autoradiography of brain sections of these animals confirmed selective [(125)I]CQ enrichment in the neocortex. Histologically, both thioflavine-S (ThS)-positive and negative structures were labeled by [(125)I]CQ. A pilot SPECT study of [(123)I]CQ showed limited uptake of the tracer into the brain, which did however, appear to be more rapid in AD patients compared to age-matched controls. These data support metallated Abeta species as the neuropharmacological target of CQ and indicate that this drug class may have potential as in vivo imaging agents for Alzheimer neuropathology.
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- Carlos Opazo
- Oxidation Disorders Laboratory, Mental Health Research Institute of Victoria, and Department of Pathology, the University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Bartov O, Sultana R, Butterfield DA, Atlas D. Low molecular weight thiol amides attenuate MAPK activity and protect primary neurons from Abeta(1-42) toxicity. Brain Res 2006; 1069:198-206. [PMID: 16386719 DOI: 10.1016/j.brainres.2005.10.079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2005] [Revised: 10/27/2005] [Accepted: 10/31/2005] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Oxidative stress caused by various stimuli lead to oxidation of glutathione (GSH), the major redox power of the cell. Amyloid beta [Abeta(1-42)] is one of the key components of senile plaques and is involved in the progress initiation and triggers of Alzheimer's disease (AD). Lower GSH levels correlated with the activation of mitogen-activated proteins kinases (MAPK) have been demonstrated in AD, Parkinson's disease (PD) and other neurodegenerative disorders and have been proposed to play a central role in the deterioration of the aging and neurodegenerative brain. In this study, we evaluated the ability of low molecular weight thiol amides, N-acetyl cysteine amide (AD4) that replenishes GSH levels, N-acetyl glycine cysteine amide (AD7) and N-acetyl-Cys-Gly-Pro-Cys-amide (CB4) to protect primary neuronal culture against the oxidative and neurotoxic effects of Abeta(1-42) and to inhibit cisplatin- and hydrogen-peroxide-induced phosphorylation of two MAP kinases (MAPK), p38 and ERK1/2, in NIH3T3 cells. Cell death induced by Abeta(1-42) in primary neuronal cells was reversed by the thiol amides. Likewise, protein oxidation, loss of mitochondrial function and DNA fragmentation all returned to control levels by pretreatment with the three thiol amides. Elevated phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and p38 induced by cisplatin or H2O2 in NIH3T3 cells was lowered by AD4, AD7 and CB4 in a dose-dependent manner. Taken together, these results suggest that the thiol amides AD4, AD7 and CB4 protect neuronal cells against Abeta(1-42) toxicity by attenuating oxidative stress in correlation with inhibiting the MAPK phosphorylation cascade. These results are consistent with the notion that these small molecular thiol amides may play a viable protective role in the oxidative and neurotoxicity induced by Abeta(1-42) in AD brain.
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- Orit Bartov
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Silberman Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Inestrosa NC, Cerpa W, Varela-Nallar L. Copper brain homeostasis: role of amyloid precursor protein and prion protein. IUBMB Life 2005; 57:645-50. [PMID: 16203684 DOI: 10.1080/15216540500264620] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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The main proteins associated with Alzheimer's and prion diseases (amyloid precursor protein (APP) and prion protein (PrP(C)), respectively, have binding sites for copper and it has therefore been suggested that they play a role in copper metabolism. Here, we review evidence indicating that the copper binding domains (CuBD) of APP and PrP(C) are able to modulate the oxidation state of copper, and prevent neurotoxic effects and memory impairments induced by copper. Results with transgenic and other animal models have established the relation between these pathogenic proteins and copper. In particular, APP transgenic models, suggest a beneficial effect for copper in AD.
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- Nibaldo C Inestrosa
- Centro de Regulacion Celular y Patología Joaquin V. Luco (CRCP), MIFAB, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
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Molochkina EM, Zorina OM, Fatkullina LD, Goloschapov AN, Burlakova EB. (30) H2O2 modifies membrane structure and activity of acetylcholinesterase. Chem Biol Interact 2005; 157-158:401-4. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cbi.2005.10.075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Cole GM, Lim GP, Yang F, Teter B, Begum A, Ma Q, Harris-White ME, Frautschy SA. Prevention of Alzheimer's disease: Omega-3 fatty acid and phenolic anti-oxidant interventions. Neurobiol Aging 2005; 26 Suppl 1:133-6. [PMID: 16266772 DOI: 10.1016/j.neurobiolaging.2005.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2005] [Accepted: 09/05/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cardiovascular disease (CVD) are syndromes of aging that share analogous lesions and risk factors, involving lipoproteins, oxidative damage and inflammation. Unlike in CVD, in AD, sensitive biomarkers are unknown, and high-risk groups are understudied. To identify potential prevention strategies in AD, we have focused on pre-clinical models (transgenic and amyloid infusion models), testing dietary/lifestyle factors strongly implicated in reducing risk in epidemiological studies. Initially, we reported the impact of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), notably ibuprofen, which reduced amyloid accumulation, but suppressed few inflammatory markers and without reducing oxidative damage. Safety concerns with chronic NSAIDs led to a screen of alternative NSAIDs and identification of the phenolic anti-inflammatory/anti-oxidant compound curcumin, the yellow pigment in turmeric that we found targeted multiple AD pathogenic cascades. The dietary omega-3 fatty acid, docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), also limited amyloid, oxidative damage and synaptic and cognitive deficits in a transgenic mouse model. Both DHA and curcumin have favorable safety profiles, epidemiology and efficacy, and may exert general anti-aging benefits (anti-cancer and cardioprotective.).
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- Greg M Cole
- Greater Los Angeles Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, Sepulveda, CA 91343, USA.
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Murray IVJ, Sindoni ME, Axelsen PH. Promotion of oxidative lipid membrane damage by amyloid beta proteins. Biochemistry 2005; 44:12606-13. [PMID: 16156673 PMCID: PMC2288524 DOI: 10.1021/bi050926p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 88] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Senile plaques in the cerebral parenchyma are a pathognomonic feature of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and are mainly composed of aggregated fibrillar amyloid beta (Abeta) proteins. The plaques are associated with neuronal degeneration, lipid membrane abnormalities, and chemical evidence of oxidative stress. The view that Abeta proteins cause these pathological changes has been challenged by suggestions that they have a protective function or that they are merely byproducts of the pathological process. This investigation was conducted to determine whether Abeta proteins promote or inhibit oxidative damage to lipid membranes. Using a mass spectrometric assay of oxidative lipid damage, the 42-residue form of Abeta (Abeta42) was found to accelerate the oxidative lipid damage caused by physiological concentrations of ascorbate and submicromolar concentrations of copper(II) ion. Under these conditions, Abeta42 was aggregated, but nonfibrillar. Ascorbate and copper produced H(2)O(2), but Abeta42 reduced H(2)O(2) concentrations, and its ability to accelerate oxidative damage was not affected by catalase. Lipids could be oxidized by H(2)O(2) and copper(II) in the absence of ascorbate, but only at significantly higher concentrations, and Abeta42 inhibited this reaction. These results indicate that the ability of Abeta42 to promote oxidative damage is more potent and more likely to be manifest in vivo than its ability to inhibit oxidative damage. In conjunction with prior results demonstrating that oxidatively damaged membranes cause Abeta42 to misfold and form fibrils, these results suggest a specific chemical mechanism linking Abeta42-promoted oxidative lipid damage to amyloid fibril formation.
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- * To whom correspondence should be addressed at the Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania, 105 Johnson Pavilion, 3610 Hamilton Walk, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6084. Tel: 215-898-9238. Fax: 215-573-2236. E-mail: .
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Copper (Cu), a redox active metal, is an essential nutrient for all species studied to date. During the past decade, there has been increasing interest in the concept that marginal deficits of this element can contribute to the development and progression of a number of disease states including cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Deficits of this nutrient during pregnancy can result in gross structural malformations in the conceptus, and persistent neurological and immunological abnormalities in the offspring. Excessive amounts of Cu in the body can also pose a risk. Acute Cu toxicity can result in a number of pathologies, and in severe cases, death. Chronic Cu toxicity can result in liver disease and severe neurological defects. The concept that elevated ceruloplasmin is a risk factor for certain diseases is discussed. In this paper, we will review recent literature on the potential causes of Cu deficiency and Cu toxicity, and the pathological consequences associated with the above. Finally, we will review some of the potential biochemical lesions that might underlie these pathologies. Given that oxidative stress is a characteristic of Cu deficiency, the role of Cu in the oxidative defense system will receive special attention. The concept that excess Cu may be a precipitating factor in Alzheimer's disease is discussed.
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- Janet Y Uriu-Adams
- Department of Nutrition, One Shields Ave., University of California-Davis, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
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Haeffner F, Smith DG, Barnham KJ, Bush AI. Model studies of cholesterol and ascorbate oxidation by copper complexes: relevance to Alzheimer's disease beta-amyloid metallochemistry. J Inorg Biochem 2005; 99:2403-22. [PMID: 16271394 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2005.09.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2005] [Revised: 09/22/2005] [Accepted: 09/23/2005] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The neurotoxicity of the amyloid-beta peptide (Abeta) is causally linked to Alzheimer's disease (AD) and may be related to the redox chemistry associated with its interactions with copper ions and cholesterol in brain tissue. We have used density functional theory (DFT) calculations to study the mechanism controlling the Abeta/Cu catalyzed oxidation reactions of cholesterol and ascorbate using a model system. The computed results based on a binuclear Cu complex predict that oxidation of cholesterol (yielding 4-cholesten-3-one as a specific product) proceeds at a slow rate when catalyzed by a Abeta/Cu(II)|His-|Cu(II)/Abeta) aggregate. The computed results also suggest that monomeric Abeta/Cu(II) is not able to oxidize cholesterol. DFT also predicted that Abeta will cross-link via covalent dityrosine formation during the oxidation of ascorbate but not during the oxidation of cholesterol. Experimental data were consistent with these predictions.
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- Fredrik Haeffner
- Physics Department, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA 23284, USA.
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Roney C, Kulkarni P, Arora V, Antich P, Bonte F, Wu A, Mallikarjuana NN, Manohar S, Liang HF, Kulkarni AR, Sung HW, Sairam M, Aminabhavi TM. Targeted nanoparticles for drug delivery through the blood–brain barrier for Alzheimer's disease. J Control Release 2005; 108:193-214. [PMID: 16246446 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2005.07.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 268] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2005] [Accepted: 07/24/2005] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia among the elderly, affecting 5% of Americans over age 65, and 20% over age 80. An excess of senile plaques (beta-amyloid protein) and neurofibrillary tangles (tau protein), ventricular enlargement, and cortical atrophy characterizes it. Unfortunately, targeted drug delivery to the central nervous system (CNS), for the therapeutic advancement of neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's, is complicated by restrictive mechanisms imposed at the blood-brain barrier (BBB). Opsonization by plasma proteins in the systemic circulation is an additional impediment to cerebral drug delivery. This review gives an account of the BBB and discusses the literature on biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles (NPs) with appropriate surface modifications that can deliver drugs of interest beyond the BBB for diagnostic and therapeutic applications in neurological disorders, such as AD. The physicochemical properties of the NPs at different surfactant concentrations, stabilizers, and amyloid-affinity agents could influence the transport mechanism.
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- Celeste Roney
- Department of Radiology, Division of Advanced Radiological Sciences, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX 75390, USA
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There is clear evidence implicating oxidative stress in the pathology of many different neurodegenerative diseases. ROS (reactive oxygen species) are the primary mediators of oxidative stress and many of the aggregating proteins and peptides associated with neurodegenerative disease can generate hydrogen peroxide, a key ROS, apparently through interactions with redox-active metal ions. Our recent results suggest that ROS are generated during the very early stages of protein aggregation, when protofibrils or soluble oligomers are present, but in the absence of mature amyloid fibrils. The generation of ROS during early-stage protein aggregation may be a common, fundamental molecular mechanism underlying the pathogenesis of oxidative damage, neurodegeneration and cell death in several different neurodegenerative diseases. Drugs that specifically target this process could be useful in the future therapy of these diseases.
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The use of zinc in medicinal skin cream was mentioned in Egyptian papyri from 2000 BC (for example, the Smith Papyrus), and zinc has apparently been used fairly steadily throughout Roman and modern times (for example, as the American lotion named for its zinc ore, 'Calamine'). It is, therefore, somewhat ironic that zinc is a relatively late addition to the pantheon of signal ions in biology and medicine. However, the number of biological functions, health implications and pharmacological targets that are emerging for zinc indicate that it might turn out to be 'the calcium of the twenty-first century'. Here neurobiological roles of endogenous zinc is summarized.
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- Jae-Yong Koh
- Department of Neurology, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea
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Santos MJ, Quintanilla RA, Toro A, Grandy R, Dinamarca MC, Godoy JA, Inestrosa NC. Peroxisomal proliferation protects from beta-amyloid neurodegeneration. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:41057-68. [PMID: 16204253 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m505160200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer disease is a neurodegenerative process that leads to severe cognitive impairment as a consequence of selective death of neuronal populations. The molecular pathogenesis of Alzheimer disease involves the participation of the beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) and oxidative stress. We report here that peroxisomal proliferation attenuated Abeta-dependent toxicity in hippocampal neurons. Pretreatment with Wy-14.463 (Wy), a peroxisome proliferator, prevent the neuronal cell death and neuritic network loss induced by the Abeta peptide. Moreover, the hippocampal neurons treated with this compound, showed an increase in the number of peroxisomes, with a concomitant increase in catalase activity. Additionally, we evaluate the Wy protective effect on beta-catenin levels, production of intracellular reactive oxygen species, cytoplasmic calcium uptake, and mitochondrial potential in hippocampal neurons exposed to H(2) O(2) and Abeta peptide. Results show that the peroxisomal proliferation prevents beta-catenin degradation, reactive oxygen species production, cytoplasmic calcium increase, and changes in mitochondrial viability. Our data suggest, for the first time, a direct link between peroxisomal proliferation and neuroprotection from Abeta-induced degenerative changes.
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- Manuel J Santos
- Unidad de Bioquímica Celular y Genética, Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Casilla 114-D, Santiago, Chile
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Yoshimoto N, Tasaki M, Shimanouchi T, Umakoshi H, Kuboi R. Oxidation of cholesterol catalyzed by amyloid β-peptide (Aβ)–Cu complex on lipid membrane. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 100:455-9. [PMID: 16310737 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.100.455] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2005] [Accepted: 06/29/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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A catalytic reaction of H2O2 production by an amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta)-Cu complex with cholesterol incorporated in a liposome was kinetically analyzed. The Michaelis-Menten model was applied to the H2O2 production reaction using cholesterol as the substrate catalyzed by the Abeta-Cu complex. The Km value for the Abeta-Cu complex catalytic reaction with cholesterol-containing 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) liposomes (Km=0.436 microM for Abeta(1-40); Km=0.641 microM for Abeta(1-42)) was found to be smaller than that with cholesterol-containing 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) liposomes (Km=0.585 microM for Abeta(1-40), Km=0.890 microM for Abeta(1-42)). The results imply that membrane properties could play an important role in the interactions of the Abeta-Cu complex with cholesterol in these liposomes. Considering the physical states of the cholesterol/POPC (liquid disordered phase) and cholesterol/DPPC (liquid ordered phase) liposomes in the present reaction conditions, the data obtained suggests that the H2O2-generating activity of the Abeta-Cu complex, accompanied by oxidation of membrane-incorporated cholesterol, could be effected by the phase of the liposome membranes.
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- Noriko Yoshimoto
- Department of Chemical Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, 1-3 Machikaneyama-cho, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
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Tabner BJ, El-Agnaf OMA, Turnbull S, German MJ, Paleologou KE, Hayashi Y, Cooper LJ, Fullwood NJ, Allsop D. Hydrogen Peroxide Is Generated during the Very Early Stages of Aggregation of the Amyloid Peptides Implicated in Alzheimer Disease and Familial British Dementia. J Biol Chem 2005; 280:35789-92. [PMID: 16141213 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.c500238200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 180] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Alzheimer disease and familial British dementia are neurodegenerative diseases that are characterized by the presence of numerous amyloid plaques in the brain. These lesions contain fibrillar deposits of the beta-amyloid peptide (Abeta) and the British dementia peptide (ABri), respectively. Both peptides are toxic to cells in culture, and there is increasing evidence that early "soluble oligomers" are the toxic entity rather than mature amyloid fibrils. The molecular mechanisms responsible for this toxicity are not clear, but in the case of Abeta, one prominent hypothesis is that the peptide can induce oxidative damage via the formation of hydrogen peroxide. We have developed a reliable method, employing electron spin resonance spectroscopy in conjunction with the spin-trapping technique, to detect any hydrogen peroxide generated during the incubation of Abeta and other amyloidogenic peptides. Here, we monitored levels of hydrogen peroxide accumulation during different stages of aggregation of Abeta-(1-40) and ABri and found that in both cases it was generated as a short "burst" early on in the aggregation process. Ultrastructural studies with both peptides revealed that structures resembling "soluble oligomers" or "protofibrils" were present during this early phase of hydrogen peroxide formation. Mature amyloid fibrils derived from Abeta-(1-40) did not generate hydrogen peroxide. We conclude that hydrogen peroxide formation during the early stages of protein aggregation may be a common mechanism of cell death in these (and possibly other) neurodegenerative diseases.
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- Brian J Tabner
- Magnetic Resonance Laboratory, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ, United Kingdom
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da Silva GFZ, Ming LJ. Alzheimer's Disease Related Copper(II)- β-Amyloid Peptide Exhibits Phenol Monooxygenase and Catechol Oxidase Activities. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2005. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.200501013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Puglielli L, Friedlich AL, Setchell KDR, Nagano S, Opazo C, Cherny RA, Barnham KJ, Wade JD, Melov S, Kovacs DM, Bush AI. Alzheimer disease beta-amyloid activity mimics cholesterol oxidase. J Clin Invest 2005; 115:2556-63. [PMID: 16127459 PMCID: PMC1190368 DOI: 10.1172/jci23610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2004] [Accepted: 06/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The abnormal accumulation of amyloid beta-peptide (Abeta) in the form of senile (or amyloid) plaques is one of the main characteristics of Alzheimer disease (AD). Both cholesterol and Cu2+ have been implicated in AD pathogenesis and plaque formation. Abeta binds Cu2+ with very high affinity, forming a redox-active complex that catalyzes H2O2 production from O2 and cholesterol. Here we show that Abeta:Cu2+ complexes oxidize cholesterol selectively at the C-3 hydroxyl group, catalytically producing 4-cholesten-3-one and therefore mimicking the activity of cholesterol oxidase, which is implicated in cardiovascular disease. Abeta toxicity in neuronal cultures correlated with this activity, which was inhibited by Cu2+ chelators including clioquinol. Cell death induced by staurosporine or H2O2 did not elevate 4-cholesten-3-one levels. Brain tissue from AD subjects had 98% more 4-cholesten-3-one than tissue from age-matched control subjects. We observed a similar increase in the brains of Tg2576 transgenic mice compared with nontransgenic littermates; the increase was inhibited by in vivo treatment with clioquinol, which suggests that brain Abeta accumulation elevates 4-cholesten-3-one levels in AD. Cu2+-mediated oxidation of cholesterol may be a pathogenic mechanism common to atherosclerosis and AD.
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- Luigi Puglielli
- Neurobiology of Disease Laboratory, Genetics and Aging Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, USA
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Roy S, Rauk A. Alzheimer's disease and the 'ABSENT' hypothesis: mechanism for amyloid beta endothelial and neuronal toxicity. Med Hypotheses 2005; 65:123-37. [PMID: 15893129 DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2004.08.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2004] [Accepted: 08/13/2004] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease [AD] is the most common cause of dementia among people age 65 and older. One of the biggest stumbling blocks in developing effective drug therapy for Alzheimer's disease has been the lack of a comprehensive hypothesis that explains the mechanism behind all of the histopathological changes seen in patients suffering from Alzheimer's disease. An overview of the currently popular 'amyloid' and 'vascular' hypotheses for AD demonstrates that neither hypothesis by itself can explain all the known histopathological and biochemical lesions seen in Alzheimer's disease. The paper presents a hypothesis that tries to explain the mechanism behind almost all the histopathological changes, and varying clinical manifestations seen in both diagnosed AD and Vascular Dementia [VaD]. The new hypothesis is based on the known dual toxicity of beta amyloid to both vascular and neuronal tissues, their synergy and the resultant net effect on the onset and progression of AD. The new hypothesis therefore will be known as the Amyloid Beta Synergistic Endothelial and Neuronal Toxicity [ABSENT] hypothesis. The ABSENT hypothesis will try to show the common chemical mechanism behind almost all of the pathological changes seen in AD. According to the ABSENT hypothesis, beta amyloid itself generates all the free radicals that cause both vascular dysfunction and the neuronal damage seen in AD. The chemical mechanism proposed is based on evidence from physical chemistry experiments, calculations as well as in vitro/in vivo experiments. The ABSENT hypothesis does not favor one mode of beta amyloid-induced brain damage over the other, rather it considers the net effects of the neuronal stress/damage caused by both the cerebrovascular dysfunction and direct neurotoxicity caused by beta amyloid. The hypothesis states that each patient has a different balance of predisposing factors that modulate the extent of neurotoxicity and cerebrovascular dysfunction caused by beta amyloid and thereby explains the wide range and mixed nature of damage and dysfunction seen in the studies done on patients diagnosed with AD, VaD or 'mixed dementias'. According to the hypothesis, beta amyloid peptides are necessary if not sufficient to cause AD, VaD and mixed senile dementias. The hypothesis, therefore, proposes the term Beta Amyloid Dementias [BAD] to describe the conditions currently covered by the diagnoses of 'AD', 'VaD' and 'Mixed [senile] Dementias'. Finally, the ABSENT hypothesis tries to put forth a direct chemical mechanism behind the apparent synergy and increased association between old age, pre- and coexisting vascular disease, diabetes and AD.
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- Samir Roy
- Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive, NW Alberta, Canada T2N 1N4.
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Nguyen T, Hamby A, Massa SM. Clioquinol down-regulates mutant huntingtin expression in vitro and mitigates pathology in a Huntington's disease mouse model. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2005; 102:11840-5. [PMID: 16087879 PMCID: PMC1187967 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0502177102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 141] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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In investigating the role of metal ions in the pathogenesis of Huntington's disease, we examined the effects of clioquinol, a metal-binding compound currently in clinical trials for Alzheimer's disease treatment, on mutant huntingtin-expressing cells. We found that PC12 cells expressing polyglutamine-expanded huntingtin exon 1 accumulated less mutant protein and showed decreased cell death when treated with clioquinol. This effect was polyglutamine-length-specific and did not alter mRNA levels or protein degradation rates. Clioquinol treatment of transgenic Huntington's mice (R6/2) improved behavioral and pathologic phenotypes, including decreased huntingtin aggregate accumulation, decreased striatal atrophy, improved rotarod performance, reduction of weight loss, normalization of blood glucose and insulin levels, and extension of lifespan. Our results suggest that clioquinol is a candidate therapy for Huntington's disease and other polyglutamine-expansion diseases.
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- Trent Nguyen
- Department of Neurology and Laboratory for Computational Neurochemistry and Drug Discovery, Veterans Administration Medical Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
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von Bernhardi R, Alarcón R, Mezzano D, Fuentes P, Inestrosa NC. Blood cells cholinesterase activity in early stage Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia. Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord 2005; 19:204-12. [PMID: 15677868 DOI: 10.1159/000083500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/08/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Blood acetylcholinesterase (AChE) and butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE) activities have been studied as markers for Alzheimer's disease (AD), but their usefulness as a disease marker is controversial. To determine cholinesterase (ChE) activity during AD progression and whether ChE changes associate to other dementias, ChE activity was measured in lymphocytes, erythrocytes and platelets. Subjects underwent extensive medical and neuropsychological examination. Both early-AD and AD patients had lower AChE activity in lymphocytes compared to control subjects (p < 0.0001). In contrast, erythrocyte AChE activity was higher in patients with vascular dementia (p = 0.004). Low ChE activity in lymphocytes was the best discriminator for AD. Because it was already low at very early stages of AD, ChE could be helpful as an early biomarker of differential diagnosis for the follow-up of patients during their early stages of cognitive impairment before a clinical dementia is established.
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- Rommy von Bernhardi
- Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Marcoleta 391, Santiago, Chile.
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Mounting evidence is demonstrating roles for the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its proteolytic product Abeta in metal homeostasis. Furthermore, aberrant metal homeostasis is observed in patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD), and this may contribute to AD pathogenesis, by enhancing the formation of reactive oxygen species and toxic Abeta oligomers and facilitating the formation of the hallmark amyloid deposits in AD brain. Indeed, zinc released from synaptic activity has been shown to induce parenchymal and cerebrovascular amyloid in transgenic mice. On the other hand, abnormal metabolism of APP and Abeta may impair brain metal homeostasis as part of the AD pathogenic process. Abeta and APP expression have both been shown to decrease brain copper (Cu) levels, whereas increasing brain Cu availability results in decreased levels of Abeta and amyloid plaque formation in transgenic mice. Lowering Cu concentrations can downregulate the transcription of APP, strengthening the hypothesis that APP and Abeta form part of the Cu homeostatic machinery in the brain. This is a complex pathway, and it appears that when the sensitive metal balance in the brain is sufficiently disrupted, it can lead to the self-perpetuating pathogenesis of AD. Clinical trials are currently studying agents that can remedy abnormal Abeta-metal interactions.
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- Christa J Maynard
- Department of Pathology, The University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Mental Health Research Institute of VictoriaParkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Mental Health Research Institute of VictoriaParkville, Victoria, Australia
- Laboratory for Oxidation Biology, Genetics and Ageing Research Unit, Massachusetts General HospitalCharlestown, MA, USA
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General HospitalCharlestown, MA, USA
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- Department of Pathology, The University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Mental Health Research Institute of VictoriaParkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Mental Health Research Institute of VictoriaParkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Pathology, The University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria, Australia
- The Mental Health Research Institute of VictoriaParkville, Victoria, Australia
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The use of zinc in medicinal skin cream was mentioned in Egyptian papyri from 2000 BC (for example, the Smith Papyrus), and zinc has apparently been used fairly steadily throughout Roman and modern times (for example, as the American lotion named for its zinc ore, 'Calamine'). It is, therefore, somewhat ironic that zinc is a relatively late addition to the pantheon of signal ions in biology and medicine. However, the number of biological functions, health implications and pharmacological targets that are emerging for zinc indicate that it might turn out to be 'the calcium of the twenty-first century'.
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Copper and zinc in Alzheimer's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. NEURODEGENER DIS 2005. [DOI: 10.1017/cbo9780511544873.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Irie K, Murakami K, Masuda Y, Morimoto A, Ohigashi H, Ohashi R, Takegoshi K, Nagao M, Shimizu T, Shirasawa T. Structure of β-amyloid fibrils and its relevance to their neurotoxicity: Implications for the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. J Biosci Bioeng 2005; 99:437-47. [PMID: 16233815 DOI: 10.1263/jbb.99.437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2005] [Accepted: 02/14/2005] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Alzheimer's disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy are characterized by the deposition of beta-amyloid fibrils consisting of 40- and 42-mer peptides (A beta 40 and A beta 42). Since the aggregation (fibrilization) of these peptides is closely related to the pathogenesis of these diseases, numerous structural analyses of A beta 40 and A beta 42 fibrils have been carried out. A beta 42 plays a more important role in the pathogenesis of these diseases since its aggregative ability and neurotoxicity are considerably greater than those of A beta 40. This review summarizes mainly our own recent findings from the structural analysis of A beta 42 fibrils and discusses its relevance to their neurotoxicity in vitro.
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- Kazuhiro Irie
- Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa Oiwake-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan.
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Dedeoglu A, Cormier K, Payton S, Tseitlin KA, Kremsky JN, Lai L, Li X, Moir RD, Tanzi RE, Bush AI, Kowall NW, Rogers JT, Huang X. Preliminary studies of a novel bifunctional metal chelator targeting Alzheimer's amyloidogenesis. Exp Gerontol 2005; 39:1641-9. [PMID: 15582280 DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2004.08.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2004] [Accepted: 08/02/2004] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A growing body of evidence indicates that dysregulation of cerebral biometals (Fe, Cu, Zn) and their interactions with APP and Abeta amyloid may contribute to the Alzheimer's amyloid pathology, and thus metal chelation could be a rational therapeutic approach for interdicting AD pathogenesis. However, poor target specificity and consequential clinical safety of current metal-complexing agents have limited their widespread clinical use. To develop the next generation of metal chelators, we have designed and synthesized a new bifunctional molecule-XH1, based on a novel 'pharmacophore conjugation' concept. This lipophilic molecule has both amyloid-binding and metal-chelating moieties covalently connected by amide bonds. It achieved a putative binding geometry with Abeta1-40 peptide by the computational chemistry modeling and reduced Zn(II)-induced Abeta1-40 aggregation in vitro as determined by turbidometry. Moreover, our pilot data indicated that XH1 has no significant neurotoxicity at low micromolar concentrations and acute animal toxicity. XH1 specifically reduced APP protein expression in human SH-SY5Y neuroblastoma cells and attenuated cerebral Abeta amyloid pathology in PS1/APP transgenic mice without inducing apparent toxicity and behavior disturbances. Collectively, these preliminary findings carry implication for XH1 being a BBB-permeable lead compound for AD therapeutics targeting Alzheimer's amyloidogenesis, although further studies are needed.
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- Alpaslan Dedeoglu
- Geriatric Research Education and Clinical Center, Bedford Veterans' Administration Medical Center, Bedford, MA 01730, USA
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Smith WW, Norton DD, Gorospe M, Jiang H, Nemoto S, Holbrook NJ, Finkel T, Kusiak JW. Phosphorylation of p66Shc and forkhead proteins mediates Abeta toxicity. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2005; 169:331-9. [PMID: 15837797 PMCID: PMC2171879 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200410041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Excessive accumulation of amyloid β-peptide (Aβ) plays an early and critical role in synapse and neuronal loss in Alzheimer's Disease (AD). Increased oxidative stress is one of the mechanisms whereby Aβ induces neuronal death. Given the lessened susceptibility to oxidative stress exhibited by mice lacking p66Shc, we investigated the role of p66Shc in Aβ toxicity. Treatment of cells and primary neuronal cultures with Aβ caused apoptotic death and induced p66Shc phosphorylation at Ser36. Ectopic expression of a dominant-negative SEK1 mutant or chemical JNK inhibition reduced Aβ-induced JNK activation and p66Shc phosphorylation (Ser36), suggesting that JNK phosphorylates p66Shc. Aβ induced the phosphorylation and hence inactivation of forkhead transcription factors in a p66Shc-dependent manner. Ectopic expression of p66ShcS36A or antioxidant treatment protected cells against Aβ-induced death and reduced forkhead phosphorylation, suggesting that p66Shc phosphorylation critically influences the redox regulation of forkhead proteins and underlies Aβ toxicity. These findings underscore the potential usefulness of JNK, p66Shc, and forkhead proteins as therapeutic targets for AD.
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- Wanli W Smith
- Molecular Neurobiology Unit, Laboratory of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Fisher AEO, Naughton DP. Why nutraceuticals do not prevent or treat Alzheimer's disease. Nutr J 2005; 4:14. [PMID: 15826313 PMCID: PMC1087502 DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-4-14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2004] [Accepted: 04/12/2005] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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A great deal of research has pointed to deleterious roles of metal ions in the development of Alzheimer's disease. These include: i) the precipitation and aggregation of amyloid β (Aβ) peptides to form senile plaques and neurofibrillary tangles, and/or ii) the augmentation of oxidative stress by metal ion mediated production and activation of hydrogen peroxide. The growing trend in nutraceutical intake is in part a result of the belief that they postpone the development of dementias such as Alzheimer's disease. However, pathogenic events centred on metal ions are expected to be aggravated by frequent nutraceutical intake. Novel therapeutic approaches centred on chelators with specificity for copper and iron ions should be fully explored.
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- Anna EO Fisher
- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, UK
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- School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Moulsecoomb, Brighton, UK
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