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  • Title: Alzheimer patients: preamyloid deposits are immunoreactive with antibodies to extracellular domains of the amyloid precursor protein.
    Author: Tagliavini F, Giaccone G, Verga L, Ghiso J, Frangione B, Bugiani O.
    Journal: Neurosci Lett; 1991 Jul 08; 128(1):117-20. PubMed ID: 1922939.
    Abstract:
    In patients with Alzheimer's disease, in patients with Down's syndrome and in aged non-demented individuals, anti-beta-protein antibodies label not only the fibrillary amyloid, but also preamyloid deposits. The latter are made up of amorphous material lacking the tinctorial, optical and ultrastructural properties of amyloid fibrils. To investigate the antigenic profile of preamyloid deposits, we have carried out an immunohistochemical study on specimens of cerebral cortex from 4 Alzheimer patients and two non-demented individuals, using antibodies to the beta-protein (anti-SP28), the C-terminal region of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) (anti-SP20) and an APP extracellular epitope between residues 50 and 100 (anti-preA4). Anti-preA4 and anti-SP28 immunoreactivity was found to be present in preamyloid deposits, whereas anti-SP20 immunoreactivity was not. These findings suggest that an extracellular portion of APP, close to the N-terminus of the molecule, participates with beta-protein in the composition of preamyloid deposits.
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